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A U.S. aircraft carrier collided with a merchant ship Wednesday evening in the Mediterranean Sea.
“The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) was involved in a collision with the merchant vessel Besiktas-M at approximately 11:46 p.m. local time, Feb. 12, while operating in the vicinity of Port Said, Egypt, in the Mediterranean Sea,” the U.S. Navy’s Sixth Fleet said in a statement, according to ABC News.
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ABC News reports:
The collision involved a rare collision of two large vessels as the 100,000-ton aircraft carrier collided with the 53,000-ton merchant vessel Besiktas-M, a Panamanian-flagged cargo ship.
There are no reports of injuries, nor is there flooding, aboard the carrier, which carries a crew of 5,000 sailors, and the incident is under investigation.
The Truman is powered by two nuclear reactors and four propulsion systems, and the Sixth Fleet’s statement said the ship’s propulsion plants were unaffected and were said to be in “a safe and stable condition.”
The aircraft carrier and its strike group had been operating in the Red Sea since mid-December as part of the mission to thwart Houthi militant attacks launched from Yemen at commercial vessels transiting the vital waterway.
The carrier had arrived at a naval base in Crete earlier in the week, a rare break for the strike group that has been in constant operations, though the pace had ebbed as Israel’s ceasefire with Hamas took effect in mid-January.
🇺🇸🚨 BREAKING!!! USS Harry S. Truman Collides with Merchant Ship Off Egypt’s Coast
The USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier collided with the merchant vessel Besiktas-M near Port Said, Egypt, at 11:46 p.m. on Wednesday, according to U.S. Navy officials.
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🚨U.S. NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIER COLLIDES WITH MERCHANT VESSEL NEAR EGYPT
The USS Harry S. Truman, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, collided with a merchant vessel near Port Said, Egypt, late Wednesday night.
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Per USA TODAY:
The USS Harry S. Truman did not suffer flooding, damage to its nuclear-powered engines, or injuries to its crew, according to the fleet. Port Said, the nearest port to where the collision occurred, is at the northern end of the Suez Canal, which connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.
The other ship involved in the collision, the Panama-flagged merchant vessel Besiktas-M, is a Panama-flagged bulk cargo carrier, according to the online VesselFinder database. Its status, and that of its crew, is unclear. The ship transited the canal in the hours before the collision.
The Navy did not provide further details about the incident, which it said “is under investigation.”
The carrier, which operates out of Norfolk, Va., has a crew and additional units that total roughly 5,000 sailors and Marines.
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